Ian Paterson put his patients ‘through hell’ and has shown no remorse ‘as if he was the victim’, according to one of his victims.

The disgraced surgeon was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.

Paterson was employed by the NHS-run Solihull Hospital and the private Little Aston Spire and Solihull Spire Hospitals.

John Ingram, who was told he was ‘on the road to cancer’ by Paterson, spoke outside court after the former surgeon was handed a 15 year prison sentence, the Birmingham Mail reports .

Mr Ingram said: “Today Ian Paterson has been convicted of, what I called in court, dark and grotesque crimes.

“He used his position, his obvious charm and charisma to lure patients into a system where he was able to drug and operate and remove body parts from patients, whom he had convinced had cancer or were on their way to cancer."

Mr Ingram said up until the moment of sentencing, the surgeon had sat in the dock “shaking his head in disbelief as if he was the victim”.

Patricia Welch, who had a mastectomy on Paterson’s advice, also said that no amount of prison sentence would ever compensate for the effects his action had on his victims.

She said: “We may never know the real reason why he acted in such an evil way.

“Throughout the trial he has made no attempt to show any remorse for his actions and may be revealing his true character rather than the charming professional man we all thought he was.

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“Thankfully the jury were able to see what actually was the truth and gave the verdict we were all hoping for.

“The judge has obviously recognised the severity of Paterson’s actions in the sentence given. It will never fully recompense for all I have gone through but I feel that justice has been done.”

In Solihull former patients fought back tears as the rogue surgeon was jailed, with many saying the sentence was not long enough.

“I’ve seen no remorse from him,” said Christine Comerford. “We are still looking at our scars.”

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